Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-27

housee for people who hve ID thnlAEH' SJIinois and Ohio. This arises from the fact that people east ars not informed ID Inc land laws. and thlnk shat all that IS necsssary in taking clgims is Tor the naDers to be filed by sn agent, ana then thsy can pay out on the lsud The some as though the purchase was rom private individuals.
 Any person except soldiers ana SOL diers heirs must make affidavit that they arc ncousinted with the land they nfe entering, and also make affidavit thAt '" Inc hest of their knowledge ;here IS no mineral on the same.
 PRE-EMPTIoss
 sect,on I76 says tina; every person heinz the head Ot a fhIa.ly, Widp"' or single person over ths age of tWehty-one and q citizen of tte UaIted StAtes, or having filed a declaration Of lntentlOn to become such, as required by tae natural ,zation laws. who has made or hereafter makes SETTLEMENT IN PERSON on the oublic lands subject to pre-emption, and who inhabits and improves the sane and who has erected @ dwelling thereon IS authorized to enter with the register Of tbs Tinted States land office for thedls- trict iu which the land Les, by legal sub division auy number of acres not ex- ceedipg one hundred and sixty acres Or n onarter section O. land to include the residence of such claimant upon paying the United States minimum rrioe of such land. No person who i5 the gro nrietor of three hundred and twenty acres can pre-empt land. No person who quits or abandons bis own land To reside on publlc land in the same sta's or territory can pre- mpt. Persons car however, take homesteR6s aud timber claims whether he has Il e three hundred and twenty acres or not; neither does th, law prohibit his taxing a homesteai when he has left a residence on hls own !sud. The above only refers to pre- emptions.
 The first requirement 10 taking a pre- emption Is to select the quarter seetloh Iesired, and ascertain from the LInu Office record that 1t IS vacant Gud suo- ice. to entry. He must theG nNke somt improvements. Not stick up stakes but make some substantial Improy1- ments, and then within ninety days til' A declsratory statement for inc land iu the local land office, the fees for whict are three dollars. \ residence must be estsbIis he'd on the land when the improv- ments are first begun, and 0 continuous residence is obligatory.
 After A continuous residence upon pre-emption for six months settlement can be proven and the government pr1oe being paid, there will be a Eua. receipt issued to the pre-emptor; bat m case either does not desire to make final proof at the end of six months, be has thirty three months from the timo he made settlement.
 HOMESTEAD
 Entries must be made ID person, usually before the Register of the lccal Land Office and the entry fees are sixteen dollars. The erequiremsnts of the home stead law are about the same Hs those of the pre-emptioD, except that residence can be established within SIX months after making fling; but homestesds are subject tO contests If settlers fail to get on the land inside of six months after entry. Homesteads may be proved up m SIX months and paid out on, the same as pre-emptioDs. but can be proved up m SIX years without paying. In making final proof the settler will be required to give the nun Der of times he or she has been absent from the claim, where went, and for what they went, Gnd are questioned regarding the amount ot im prOvements they have. it 10 the judgment of the Register and Receiver the law has not been complied with they wili rot Is- sue a final receipt.
 FINDER CLAIMS
 Do not require residence. T.mUe- claims must be entered by personal Y- plicstion sworn to within the land dis trict where the land is sItnated, before some officer having aseal and author ized to administer oath. Claimant must have five acres broken the first year, the second year must have five acres broken and culatIvGte the first breaking. the third year must put trees, seeds or cuttings in the first five acres and culti- vate the second five; the fourth year must set out the second five acres m trees. tree seed. or tree cuttings. If ia eight years there are six thousand seven hundred and fifty growing trees on the tract, claimant can make final proof and secure a patent. Government fees in timber culture claims are fourteen dol lars for entry and ten dollars for final proof.
 All duties required by the timber cul- ture laws may be done by others except ,Le entry and final proof; nor IS he 1r she required to reside near the land bnt will always be expected to comply with the law in regard to improvements.
 There IS no fixed amount of improve ments required ip homestead or pre- emption law, residence and cul.iystun in good faith as home and a farm tc The claimants best ability IS held to be the requirement. of the law.
 SOLDIERS HoMEsTEADs
 Soldiers who served In the UUit q States army for ninety days and were hOnOrably discharged and have liv, q loyal to the government can file declsr- atory statements on one hundred aud sixty acres of vacant land, by sn agent through the power of attorney lu a form prescribed by law. This power can be executed before notary public anywhere in the United States, and sent to some reliable agent who will se- lect the quarter section of land and file on is for the soldier. This filing wili absolutely hold the land for six months without the residence of claimant. At the end of six months the solder must begin a residence and make another filing, called the final entry, at which time be pays fee the same as ID home stead cases. Soldiers are compelled to live at least one year on their claims. but they can deduct their service Rs soldier from the five years required by the common homestead and thus get their